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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

A Comparison of two very different leaders!

Which one of these tow men would you like to work for, or be led by, or trust your life and your future to!

George W. Bush speech after capture of Saddam Hussein:The success of yesterday's mission is a tribute toourmen and women now serving in Iraq .The operation was based on the superb workof intelligence analystswho found the Dictator’s footprints in a vast country. The operation was carried out with skill and precision bya brave fighting force.Ourservicemen and women andourcoalition allies have faced many dangers in the hunt for members of the fallen regime, and intheir effortto bring hope and freedom to the Iraqi people.Theirwork continues, and so do the risks. Today, on behalf of the nation, I thank the members ofourArmed Forces and I congratulatethem.

Barack Hussein Obama speech, Sunday, May 1, 2011:And so shortly after taking office,Idirected Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of our war against al Qaeda, even asIcontinued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network.Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by myintelligence community,Iwas briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground.Imet repeatedly withmynational security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside of Pakistan And finally, last week,Idetermined thatI had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.Today, atmydirection, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad , Pakistan .

Hubris (hu·bris), also hybris, means extreme haughtiness, pride or arrogance. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power

Please vote responsibly this November and send Barak Hussein Obama back home, wherever that is?